Re: [wdvltalk] Internet settings for different user accounts
On 9/1/06, Portman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all, A friend of mine called me tonight. She just got a new computer and each of her kids has their own user account. She wants me to set things up so that only her and her husband's user accounts will have internet access. Is there a way to do this? I know in WinXP you can change a user account to limited but does that mean that they cannot get online? Also, any recommendations for a netnanny type of thing for her? Couple of options, most of which are probably more trouble than your friends want to deal with. Set the firewall to block port 80. The parents will have to log into the firewall to turn it on when they use it and remember to turn it back off again. If it's an xp pro edition, look at the local policies to edit them to disable IE. I don't think this can be done on the home edition. This link looks at some of the ways to do this: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/prodtech/windowsxp/secwinxp/xpsgch05.mspx Don't have any recommendations for nanny's since I don't have anyone that needs minding; they are all old enough so I can ask them to take care of me. drew The WDVL Discussion List from WDVL.COM To Join wdvltalk, Send An Email To: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] or use the web interface http://e-newsletters.internet.com/discussionlists.html/ Send Your Posts To: wdvltalk@lists.wdvl.com To change subscription settings, add a password or view the web interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/read/?forum=wdvltalk http://www.wdvl.com ___ You are currently subscribed to wdvltalk as: archive@jab.org To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe via postal mail, please contact us at: Jupitermedia Corp. Attn: Discussion List Management 475 Park Avenue South New York, NY 10016 Please include the email address which you have been contacted with.
Re: [wdvltalk] Internet settings for different user accounts
Thanks for the reply Drew. This family is not that computer savvy, so the easier the better. Any other creative ideas on how to stop the kids getting online by themselves? Riva Drew Trusz wrote: Couple of options, most of which are probably more trouble than your friends want to deal with. Set the firewall to block port 80. The parents will have to log into the firewall to turn it on when they use it and remember to turn it back off again. If it's an xp pro edition, look at the local policies to edit them to disable IE. I don't think this can be done on the home edition. This link looks at some of the ways to do this: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/prodtech/windowsxp/secwinxp/xpsgch05.mspx Don't have any recommendations for nanny's since I don't have anyone that needs minding; they are all old enough so I can ask them to take care of me. drew The WDVL Discussion List from WDVL.COM To Join wdvltalk, Send An Email To: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] or use the web interface http://e-newsletters.internet.com/discussionlists.html/ Send Your Posts To: wdvltalk@lists.wdvl.com To change subscription settings, add a password or view the web interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/read/?forum=wdvltalk http://www.wdvl.com ___ You are currently subscribed to wdvltalk as: archive@jab.org To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe via postal mail, please contact us at: Jupitermedia Corp. Attn: Discussion List Management 475 Park Avenue South New York, NY 10016 Please include the email address which you have been contacted with.
RE: [wdvltalk] Internet settings for different user accounts
Hi Riva - I'm sure if you want to spend the time, you can set up XP to block this for you. However, for a small amount you can use a program like NetNanny. I had a family who were having similar problems a few years ago (more with the content surfed for versus access in general). We installed the program and they were very happy with the results. You can get a trial on their website if you want to check it out. Todd http://www.netnanny.com/p/page?sb=product -Original Message- From: Portman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, September 05, 2006 1:47 PM To: wdvltalk@lists.wdvl.com Subject: Re: [wdvltalk] Internet settings for different user accounts Thanks for the reply Drew. This family is not that computer savvy, so the easier the better. Any other creative ideas on how to stop the kids getting online by themselves? Riva Drew Trusz wrote: Couple of options, most of which are probably more trouble than your friends want to deal with. Set the firewall to block port 80. The parents will have to log into the firewall to turn it on when they use it and remember to turn it back off again. If it's an xp pro edition, look at the local policies to edit them to disable IE. I don't think this can be done on the home edition. This link looks at some of the ways to do this: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/prodtech/windowsxp/secwinxp/ xpsgch05.mspx Don't have any recommendations for nanny's since I don't have anyone that needs minding; they are all old enough so I can ask them to take care of me. drew . The WDVL Discussion List from WDVL.COM . To Join wdvltalk, Send An Email To: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] or use the web interface http://e-newsletters.internet.com/discussionlists.html/ Send Your Posts To: wdvltalk@lists.wdvl.com To change subscription settings, add a password or view the web interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/read/?forum=wdvltalk http://www.wdvl.com ___ You are currently subscribed to wdvltalk as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe via postal mail, please contact us at: Jupitermedia Corp. Attn: Discussion List Management 475 Park Avenue South New York, NY 10016 Please include the email address which you have been contacted with. The WDVL Discussion List from WDVL.COM To Join wdvltalk, Send An Email To: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] or use the web interface http://e-newsletters.internet.com/discussionlists.html/ Send Your Posts To: wdvltalk@lists.wdvl.com To change subscription settings, add a password or view the web interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/read/?forum=wdvltalk http://www.wdvl.com ___ You are currently subscribed to wdvltalk as: archive@jab.org To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe via postal mail, please contact us at: Jupitermedia Corp. Attn: Discussion List Management 475 Park Avenue South New York, NY 10016 Please include the email address which you have been contacted with.
